Scorpions Give to Save Lives

According to the American Red Cross, for every pint of blood donated, between
2-3 lives can be saved. Donated blood also has an expiration date, typically
lasting just over 1-month before it must be used—which means that
Scorpion Design employees, with its
36 blood donors today, will potentially save the lives of between 72-108 patients within the
next month.

Organized with the help of
UCLA’s Blood & Platelet Center (www.gotblood.ucla.edu), the parking lot just outside of the VIP office was busy all day with
Scorpions giving of their time and of their life saving whole blood donation.

Additionally, we had an
incredible 40 Scorpions register to become bone marrow donors with
Be The Match today! All it takes is a simple cheek swab to get a donor onto the registry
to potentially save a patient’s life. The marrow drive received
so much support, we actually ran out of swab kits! You can order yours
to be delivered by mail, and learn more about the stem-cell donation process,
by visiting
www.marrow.org. Remember, if you can give blood, you can be a stem-cell marrow donor!

As many of you know, I had my own bout with blood cancer and needed regular
blood transfusions when I was ill several years ago. People just like
you donated blood and platelets to help save my life, and to see so many
healthy employees giving gladly and willingly is just further proof that
we work with an incredible group of people at Scorpion!

Thank you to all who supported this year’s blood drive, and if you
didn’t participate, please consider doing so next time. You could
help save a life!

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About the Author

Stephen Bess is the Vice President of Franchise Marketing at Scorpion. Prior to joining Scorpion, Stephen spent more than 10 years in the print, web, and digital publishing industry as a head editor of several magazines. He is also a former professional baseball player the Detroit Tigers, a foodie, and an amateur chef. He enjoys learning, trying red wines, and traveling to Santa Ynez, Paso Robles, Napa, and Sonoma with his wife and his daughter.